Kidney pain is most often caused by a kidney infection or a stone in the tubes coming out of your kidney.
Back pain lower right side kidney stone.
If the pain is coming from your kidney it will have these features.
If that happens you ll.
These are mineral deposits that can grow large enough to block a ureter a tube that connects your kidney and bladder.
In some cases a stone may become stuck in the ureter.
General back pain on the other hand can be felt anywhere on your back.
The ureter is the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
This movement can cause unbearable pain usually in the lower back right left flank or groin.
So if the pain is in your middle back or shoulders chances are it s not a kidney stone.
In reality kidney stones are generally silent asymptomatic until they begin to pass.
If your kidneys are affected signs and symptoms may include.
Where the pain is.
A stone that grows to 3 millimeters or larger can block the ureter as it moves from the kidney to the bladder.
Intense sudden stabbing pain may be a kidney stone.
Kidney stone pain can be intermittent or ongoing.
Pain that comes and goes in waves and changes in intensity.